A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.